Blogging+Handbook

"Blogging can potentially provide students with a window into peers' perspectives, a doorway to a global audience, and a mirror though which to reflect on their own thinking and writing" (Ellison & Wu, 2008: 119).

Rationale for student blogs:
To give students a platform to connect, communicate and collaborate with an authentic audience that includes students, teachers, parents, local community and a global community. Blogging is a tool that allows students to make their work look good, shows what they have learned and achieved, gives voice to their ideas and opinions, provides a space for journal entries, allows an area for reflection and a platform for digital portfolios. (Anne Mirtschin – [] )


 * Home (Blogging Handbook)
 * Benefits of blogging
 * Tips for using blogs in the classroom


 * How to set up a blog & How to use a blog in an educational setting (blogging modules for educators)
 * How to set up a blog at MPCS (for you and your students)
 * Letters to parents
 * Other sites students need to join in order to blog


 * What students need to learn in order to blog
 * What students need to learn in order comment on a blog (including a link to the comments4kids site)
 * Establishing student blogging guidelines
 * Blogging rubric examples
 * Using blogs to reflect on learning (blogs as digital portfolios)


 * Student blogging challenge
 * Teacher blogging challenge
 * Powerful Learning Practice (PLP) Networks
 * Start Your Own Global Project


 * edublogs (global2blogs) lessons (all you need to know about the practical features within your blog)